ALT/BAU - At the end of a long journey
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We look back on two and a half years of intensive work in the URBACT ALT/BAU transfer network. What have we achieved together? We proudly present our...
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Hidden pearls on the Black Sea - Constanta's Transfer Story
Constanța was founded by Greek settlers documented in 657 BC. The city is the oldest continuously inhabited place in Romania. The historic district...
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Future Agencies - the ALT/BAU offspring
The famous ALT/BAU babies are not the only offspring of the ALT/BAU Transfer Network. In the ALT/BAU network, the aim was to transfer the URBACT Good...
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Battling residential emergencies
“Housing is healthcare”. This sentence popped up in a recent discussion around the Corona mitigation efforts that cities are undertaking to...
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The dream of different living or as Claude Berri said in his 2007 film “Ensemble c´est tout”
Since around 2017, the Housing Agency Chemnitz ( URBACT Good Practice ) has been increasingly asked about opportunities and houses for housing...
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The unsung heroes of the ALT/BAU Transfer Network - we would like to thank...
As is so often the case and in so many companies, the ALT/BAU network also had students working as interns. We would like to thank them today for...
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A Tale of Two Cities. Transfer Stories from East and West.
Two German cities are currently lead partners in the 23 URBACT Transfer Networks. Altena in North Rhine-Westphalia and Chemnitz in Saxony. Altena...
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L. O. Story - Not yet the Chemnitz Transfer Story
The ALT/BAU transfer does not only take place on a European level and not only in big cities. Parallel to the Housing Agency receiving the URBACT...
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Riga: From Refill to ALT/BAU - Temporary use as a tool for reactivating vacant buildings and areas
ALT/BAU Project Manager Villiams Vrobļevskis shares his personal experiences in two URBACT Networks and how temporary use is applied as a tool for...
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Restoring Vilafranca del Penedès - a transfer story from Catalonia
Jordi Cuyàs reports on the transfer within the ALT/BAU network and on the cooperation with another URBACT Good Practice in Vilafranca del Penedès...
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Carry out a pilot renovation diagnosis to help owners initiate their refurbishment project
Following the good practice of Chemnitz, the city of Seraing will soon open a housing agency to support owners in their renovation project. Bénédicte...